The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
Quotations
Music
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
-Marianne Faithfull
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
-Confucius
Music acts like a magic key to which the most tightly closed heart opens.
-Maria Von Trapp
When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
-Tom Morello
Music is to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
-Kurt Vonnegut
One good thing about music is, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
-Bob Marley
The hungry and the haunted explode into rock 'n' roll bands.
-Bruce Springsteen
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
-Sergei Rachmaninov
